Miss. prisoners on death row lack air conditioning

In similar plight, La. inmates file lawsuit

11:36 PM,
Aug. 22, 2013

Written by

Emily Lane
elane@jackson.gannett.com

Death row inmates in Mississippi - along with those in most other Deep South states - don't have air conditioning.

A Tuesday report by The (Baton Rouge) Advocate says Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida have no air conditioning on death row. Arkansas has air-conditioned its death row since the late 1970s, the report says.

"I'm glad to know that at least one state recognizes the need to treat prisoners like human beings," Marjorie Esman, executive director of the Louisiana American Civil Liberties Union, told The Advocate. ...